[tcb] Re: Colorado in Jerry
- From: Gary <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:45:43 -0500
65 Tin top westy
Good thing too... The rack has our bikes 2 gal gas can shovel 2 axes pedal
pan! Wheel chocks come along case of green tea and what's left of 3 cases of
water bottles!
By the way... All the fires have made for spectacular orange moons!
On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:01 PM, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jerry's a '65 right Gary?
>
> On Jun 24, 2013, at 9:51 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Gary: What type of bus are you in? Yeah I know it's a VW, which one.
>>
>> --- On Mon, 6/24/13, Gary <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Gary <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [tcb] Colorado in Jerry
>> To: "Tcb" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Monday, June 24, 2013, 9:34 PM
>>
>> Jake and I have done an epic tour of Colorado the past 8 days in Jerry,
>> Actually we are still in co on our way home but this is the first time we
>> have had good cell service .... We have been on the road less travelled.
>> Its an amazing trip. Of course just getting out of Texas by bus is long
>> enough ... We cut back roads across to Clovis NM but before we got there we
>> hit literally the worse t-storm I have ever been in... Hail and at least
>> 50mph headwind because all Jerry had was 15mph... And no where to pull off
>> we were in the middle of farm country all those crop circles... Then the
>> road drops to nothing no shoulder can't see a thing....and we are 4 wheeling
>> thru a soy bean field.... Made it for about 100yds before we bogged down up
>> to rear bumper and side step buried . The hail had stopped but still rain
>> soon trickled it looked like we were on the middle of a lake....stuck.
>> Fortunately a farmer came by had a chain and pulled us up on the road..
>> We thanked him profusely and he said he had never seen water like it was out
>> there ...heck this was just day 1.
>> We have seen sites, hiked , biked, whitewater raft and had Jerry on roads
>> that said 4wd only! Climbed more mtn passes than I can think of including
>> over 12,000 ' in rocky mtn national park.
>> And Jerry keeps chugging along!!!
>> We had one minor clutch pedal issue in Taos... The lever that the clutch
>> Clevis pin goes thru broke just wore out really ... Found a machine shop
>> welded it all up drilled a new hole for the spare Clevis pin and we were on
>> the road again.
>> All I can say is... Drive these things, camp in them an see the countryside.
>> Gary and jake
>> 650 miles to go!!!
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